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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Otis Driftwood (ranked 998 p4p, 1408 weight class) and Dewey Decimal (ranked 65 p4p, 89 weight class). Driftwood's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pantera - Becoming. Decimal has chosen The Dewey Decimal Rap as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 45 - 21 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Otis Driftwood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dewey Decimal!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decimal looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Driftwood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Decimal.
Driftwood scoring well with a low kick there.
Driftwood bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Driftwood moves away from the strike by Decimal.
Decimal fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Driftwood looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Decimal on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Driftwood has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The House Of Pain in the buildup to the fight.
Decimal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It looked like Driftwood wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Driftwood misses the shot to the body.
Decimal scores with a decent looking hook.
Driftwood slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Decimal avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Driftwood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Decimal. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice shot by Driftwood.
Driftwood tests Decimal's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decimal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Driftwood.
A head kick by Decimal misses
and Driftwood counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Danga de danga de dang - Driftwood scores with a four punch combination!
Decimal gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Driftwood defending well as Decimal loads up on a big left hand.
Driftwood ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Decimal looks to land a right hand but Driftwood moved out of range.
Driftwood tests Decimal's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Driftwood keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Driftwood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Driftwood moves forwards but Decimal connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Driftwood darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decimal avoids the body shot from Driftwood.
Decimal looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Driftwood on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Driftwood misses with a jab to the body
and Decimal counters with a nice uppercut.
Decimal on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice shot by Driftwood.
Driftwood is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Driftwood slips under a jab.
A good leg kick by Driftwood.
Decimal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Driftwood is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Driftwood misses the shot to the body.
Driftwood throws a lazy uppercut
and Decimal counters with a straight right hand.
Driftwood will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Decimal takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Driftwood lands with a hook. Decimal tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Driftwood tests Decimal's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Decimal avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Decimal misses with a straight right.
Decimal walks into a left hand.
Decimal connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The fighters circling - Driftwood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from Driftwood misses.
Driftwood with a jab.
Decimal takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Decimal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Driftwood moves away.
The crowd cheers as Driftwood lands an impressive looking overhand right. Decimal doesn't seem phased though.
Driftwood lands a nice leg kick that just misses Decimal's sensitive parts.
Driftwood scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Driftwood throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Driftwood clobbers Decimal with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Driftwood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Decimal was well out of range. Poor timing from Driftwood.
Decimal missing with a left hand there. Driftwood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Driftwood is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Decimal might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Driftwood throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Decimal stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Decimal throws a jab but it's blocked by Driftwood.
Driftwood connects with a body shot.
Driftwood blocks a head kick by Decimal.
Driftwood connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Driftwood scores with a jab to the jaw.
Driftwood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Decimal looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Driftwood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Driftwood is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Decimal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Otis Driftwood dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Decimal misses with a looping right.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Decimal in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Decimal misses with a straight left.
Decimal jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Driftwood motions for Decimal to come forward. Driftwood throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Driftwood takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Driftwood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Decimal can do to turn this around?
Driftwood scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Decimal misses with a looping right.
Driftwood takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Driftwood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Decimal throws out the jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Decimal might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Driftwood has got the better of the exchanges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Driftwood connects with a solid leg kick.
Driftwood chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Decimal can pounce on him.
Driftwood lands with a kick to the temple. Decimal shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Driftwood feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Decimals jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Driftwood misses with the body kick
and Decimal counters with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Driftwood misses with a low kick.
Driftwood swings for the body but Decimal moves out of range.
Driftwood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Decimal.
Decimal has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Driftwood jabs Decimal to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Driftwood scores with a leg kick.
A big right from Decimal misses.
Driftwood looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Driftwood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Driftwood misses with a series of wild punches.
Decimal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Decimal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Decimal misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decimal on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Driftwood. Driftwood obviously looking to wear him down.
Driftwood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Decimal.
Driftwood half committed to a counter leg kick.
Driftwood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Decimal.
Driftwood looks to land a left hand but Decimal moved out of range nicely.
Driftwood lands a nice hook to Decimal's body. Decimal takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Driftwood.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Driftwood throws a poor cross that misses
and Driftwood takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Otis Driftwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decimal throws a shot from downtown. Driftwood moves away and avoids it.
Nice straight punches there by Driftwood. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Driftwood.
Decimal blocks a jab.
Decimal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Driftwood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Driftwood lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Driftwood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Driftwood finds it's way through Decimal's defenses.
A slow jab from Decimal misses its intended target.
Decimal misses with a hook.
Driftwood uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Decimal has time to react.
Driftwood throws a right hand that misses
letting Decimal counter with a right hand.
Driftwood throws a head kick that misses
letting Decimal counter with a right hand.
Driftwood ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Driftwood rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Decimal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Driftwood connects with a right hand. Decimal shakes it off.
Driftwood lands with an uppercut that bounces Decimal off the cage and back into range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Decimal buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Driftwood throws a leg kick
and Decimal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decimal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Driftwood.
Decimal's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Driftwood slips under a jab.
Driftwood scoring well with a low kick there.
Decimal connects with a jab.
The crowd cheers as Driftwood lands an impressive looking overhand right. Decimal doesn't seem phased though.
Decimal misses with a combination
and Driftwood counters with a nice uppercut.
Driftwood dodges the punch combination from Decimal.
Decimal fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Decimal misses with a looping left.
Driftwood takes a swing at Decimal's ribcage but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Otis Driftwood will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Driftwood cracks Decimal with a right hand to the side of the head.
Decimal lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Driftwood lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Driftwood!
A nice leg kick from Driftwood, right into the meat of the thigh.
Decimal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Decimal misses with a right hand
and Driftwood counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Driftwood digs a good body shot into Decimal's ribs.
Driftwood throws a nice inside leg kick.
Decimal has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Driftwood finds it's way round the side to connect with Decimal's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Driftwood slips under a jab from Decimal.
Driftwood lands a body shot.
Driftwood lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decimal needs to keep his hands up - Driftwood had a free shot at his head there.
Decimal walks into a left hand.
Driftwood throws a looping overhand right but Decimal ducks down to avoid it.
Decimal looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Driftwood connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Decimal momentarily.
A big right from Driftwood misses.
Decimal looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Driftwood cracks Decimal with an open hand slap.
Driftwood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Decimal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Decimal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Decimal misses.
Decimal misses with an uppercut
and Driftwood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Decimal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Driftwood counters with an outside leg kick.
Driftwood connects with a body shot that sends Decimal's belly button to the back.
Driftwood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Decimal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decimal misses with a straight left.
Decimal cracks Driftwood with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Decimal lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Driftwood circles away quickly and effectively.
Driftwood works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Driftwood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Driftwood throws a hook but Decimal blocks it.
Decimal moves away from the strike by Driftwood.
Decimal scores with a one two! Driftwood had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Driftwood listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Decimal missing with a left hand there. Driftwood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Driftwood darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Driftwood moves out of range of the body kick from Decimal.
Driftwood is looking to counter punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decimal misses with a straight right.
Driftwood lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Decimal looks to land a right hand but Driftwood moved out of range.
Driftwood lands a jab to the nose.
A good leg kick by Driftwood.
Driftwood connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Driftwood throws a half hearted mid kick.
A nice side step and Decimal releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Driftwood pivots, looking for a leg kick but Decimal is out of range and Driftwood settles back down.
Driftwood lands with an uppercut that bounces Decimal off the cage and back into range.
Decimal on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Decimal misses with a right hand
and Driftwood counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Decimal looks to score with a jab to the body but Driftwood is just out of range.
Driftwood feinted there with a counter leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Driftwood cracks a nice hook into Decimal's ribs.
Decimal jabs Driftwood to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Driftwood fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Decimal is out of range.
Driftwood connects with a crisp jab.
Driftwood scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Decimal looks to score with a jab to the body but Driftwood is just out of range.
Driftwood throws a counter high kick but Decimal was just alert enough to avoid it.
Driftwood moves out of range of the body kick from Decimal.
Driftwood tries to land a leg kick but Decimal saw it coming and moves away.
Decimal throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Driftwood smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Decimal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Driftwood.
Dewey Decimal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Otis Driftwood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheers as Driftwood lands an impressive looking overhand right. Decimal doesn't seem phased though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Otis Driftwood showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Driftwood has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Otis Driftwood!
An out of breath Otis Driftwood thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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